Mrs. Ford.

Marina, and I told him that I would ask the manager and he told me to contact, for Levine to contact, the attorney and the manager. I saw later on they have somehow gotten together. I think he wrote to them.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did there come a time when Marina came to your house to visit?

Mrs. Ford.

Yes; she brought a letter she wanted me to translate. It was after this, after I had a contact about the writer Marina called me, this is the first time, the first time after the assassination that she called me on the telephone and we talked about that and I told her that the man had contacted me and he speaks Russian. I thought it would be a good opportunity for her to write if she wanted to since she could communicate easily with a writer that speaks Russian. I read his book that he sent me, and he makes real sense. I invited her to come out to dinner and, of course. I didn't expect that there would be a whole company with her.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did she come out?

Mrs. Ford.

Yes; they did, they came out, the Secret Service and the manager were there and everybody so I cooked a Russian dinner.

Mr. Liebeler.

Can you tell us approximately when that was?

Mrs. Ford.

It was shortly before the Commission, maybe about 2 weeks before the Commission.

Mr. Liebeler.

Late in January sometime?

Mrs. Ford.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

During that time that Marina was there did you have any discussion with her about the events of the assassination or anything relating to that?

Mrs. Ford.

No.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did she discuss with you her possible testimony before this Commission?

Mrs. Ford.

No, not during that time.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did Marina come back to your house again before she came to testify before the Commission?

Mrs. Ford.

Yes, she was once more at my house. During the first time her manager brought a letter that she wanted to bring to the Governor about how she feels about Ruby's being executed. She told me she didn't want, she didn't feel, if she could help she didn't want to have the killing of a dead man on her conscience, on her mind. She wanted me to translate that letter and I did translate it.
And I left it at home and later on they came by, I told Mr. Martin that I would come by his house and bring the letter to her after I translated.
He said, "If you wanted to we can come back to your house like we did before." And they did and they picked up the letter.

Mr. Liebeler.

Do you have any copy of that letter?

Mrs. Ford.

I think maybe I have a copy of it, of my translation. But I am not positive. I know I put it in a desk.

Representative Ford.

This was a letter from whom to whom?

Mrs. Ford.

From Marina to, I will say they did--I think it was advised to her to write it to the Governor, to Governor Connally.

Representative Ford.

To Governor Connally?

Mrs. Ford.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

To the present Governor of Texas, that is the Governor of Texas?

Mrs. Ford.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

You said that Marina said to you she did not want to have another death on her conscience?

Mrs. Ford.

That is right. She feels like, she told me she feels strongly about it, that people shouldn't kill one another, if there is no war.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did she use the words as you remember it, the words "on her conscience"?

Mrs. Ford.

No; I don't remember that word really but I just feel this was, she would feel very badly if that would happen.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did she seem to feel that she had some responsibility for these things?

Mrs. Ford.

What do you mean by that? I mean how, responsibility in what way?